The media reported on Kiev's "renaming" of districts in Donetsk, Lugansk and Makeyevka.

The Kiev authorities have approved new names for the districts of Donetsk, Lugansk, Makeyevka and Horlivka, which are not actually controlled by Ukraine. This was reported on February 28 by the Ukrainian edition "Страна.иа ".

"The Ukrainian authorities have renamed the names of districts in Donetsk, Lugansk, Makeyevka and Gorlovka. That is, in cities that Kiev does not control," the Telegram channel of the publication says.

According to Ostrovsky, in Donetsk, Budennovsky district was renamed Bogodukhovsky, Voroshilovsky — Yuzovsky, Kalininsky — Kalinovsky, Kirovsky — Rutchenkovsky, Kuibyshevsky — Smolyansky, Leninsky — Alexandrovsky, Petrovsky — Voznesensky, Proletarian — Chumakovsky.

In Lugansk, Artyomovsky district became Vilkhovsky, Oktyabrsky — Vergunsky, Leninsky — Shevchenkovsky. In Makeyevka, the Kirovsky district was renamed Gruzsky, Sovetsky — Khanzhonkovsky, Chervonogvardeysky — Berestovsky. In Gorlovka, the Kalininsky district was named Kindratovsky.

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The Institute of National Remembrance (INP) of Ukraine on November 30 last year called Russian Admiral Fyodor Ushakov an alleged symbol of "Russian imperialism." The dismantling of monuments related to Russian and Soviet history, as well as the renaming of streets in Ukraine have been carried out since 2015.

Vladimir Medinsky, Assistant to the President of Russia and chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society, said on November 19 last year that Ukraine was waging an all-out information war in the field of history, banning the names of famous personalities.

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